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Help! Deleted (?) /Nowhere directory

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From: bbattles
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 00:00
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  Okay, yes, I know it was a stupid mistake, but I somehow accidentally
seem to have deleted my /Nowhere subdirectory. (I first recognized there
was a problem when I found my OS/2 Launchpad had all of the icons replaced
with question marks inside green circles!) Now I'm having some weird
problems with some programs (eg, my PM Mail Internet mailer gives me
onscreen "garbage" when I try to send a Reply message, etc).

  I don't see the /Nowhere subdirectory when I type  DIR  or DIR *.  or
DIR *.* from an OS/2 prompt in the C:\ root directory, although there *is*
a \Nowhere directory listed when I look at the C: drive with the ZTree Bold
shareware utility program. I tried to make a new Nowhere directory by going
to an OS/2 prompt and typing  MD Nowhere  at the C:\ root directory, but the
system says that there already *is* a subdirectory by that name! What do
you suppose is going on?

  Can anyone suggest a way to fix this?

  I'm running IBM OS/2 Warp ver 3.0 "full pack" with the IBM XR_W012 Corrective
Service Pack applied. The   ver /r   command returns the following:

   The Operating System/2 Version is 3.00
   Revision 8.236

  (If you post a reply here, please send a copy via direct E-mail to
bbattles@nai.net, in case I miss reading it on this Newsgroup.)

  Thanks!

  --Brian

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From: bbattles@nai.net
Subject: Help! Deleted (?) /Nowhere directory
Date: 1995/10/27
Message-ID: <46rdau$k90@a3bsrv.nai.net>
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summary: Deleted my C:\Nowhere directory!
organization: I own the Internet, and it's closing tonight. Sorry.
keywords: os2 warp os/2 nowhere directory help deleted configuration error
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